U.S. Firm Admits Guilt in Bribery Probe Connected to Benin President

[DoYouEverWonder]

March 2, 2005

Dakar

An American defence contractor, accused of pumping $2 million into the re-election campaign of President Mathieu Kerekou of Benin, has pleaded guilty to charges of overseas bribery.

US regulators said Titan Corp made the payments in 2001 at a time when the company was seeking a four-fold increase in the fees it charged for managing a telephone network in the West African country.

The California-based company agreed on Tuesday to pay $28.5 million in fines to settle criminal and civil proceedings brought against it by the US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in respect of the Benin payments and several other charges of falsifying documents in Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

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Titan pleaded guilty in a Californian court to violating the anti-bribery provisions of the act, as well as falsifying its books, but did not confirm or deny any of the specific allegations made against it.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020609.html

[shraby]

1. Wasn't that the company that Tenet was

affiliated with at one time?

[cosmicdot]

2. did Lockheed Martin buy Titan Corp.?

or did that fall through?

"For example, former CIA Director (and unofficial 'black propaganda' minister) R. James Woolsey was, in 1985, one of seven directors of the Titan Corporation."
http://www.bnjm.cu/librinsula/2004/mayo/20/colaboraciones/colaboraciones63.htm


"Furthermore, Titan's connection with the 'Torture-scandal' in Iraq shows another deeper connection with the Pentagon, than most people expect, but also with the Intelligence and the '9/11 attacks'."
http://inn.globalfreepress.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=164


Titan seems to have a unique business focus which seems to fit nicely with 'current affairs'.

Google hit #1 reads:
The Titan Corporation : Homeland Security and War on Terrorism ...
fingerprint card scanners and supporting workstation equipment.


Lynne Cheney, of course, was on Lockheed's Board ... promoted National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley was Lockheed's legal counsel ...

some other Bu$h Lockheed appointees include Otto Reich (L-M lobbyist) and former L-M lawyer, Treasury General Counsel David Aufhauser

it just seems all :scared: to me